{"id":67752,"date":"2016-04-27T13:35:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=67752"},"modified":"2016-04-26T23:38:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T03:38:15","slug":"cny-kids-expo-to-benefit-the-keys-program-and-make-a-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=67752","title":{"rendered":"CNY Kids Expo to Benefit the KEYS Program and Make-a-Wish!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"keys<\/a>The KEYS Program\u00a0is excited to announce it has been selected, along with Make-a-Wish of Central New York, as the benefiting charities for this year\u2019s CNY Kids Expo! This educational, interactive event for families with children from toddlers through 12 years old is being held at the NYS Fairgrounds on May 21st<\/sup>\u00a0from 10am till 4pm<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0There will be interactive exhibits, demonstrations and workshops for the kids, bouncy houses, face painting, entertainment, shopping and much more!<\/p>\n

The KEYS Program is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that delivers music, hope and smiles to kids battling cancer through music outreach, education and advocacy. KEYS provides bedside music, family respite days and sibling support programs at no cost to families who have a child battling cancer.\u00a0\u00a0To learn more about the KEYS Program visit\u00a0www.theKEYSprogram.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so honored to be selected as one of the benefiting charities along with Make-a-Wish this year,\u201d said Colleen Bennett, KEYS Program Executive Director and Founder. \u201cOur slogan at KEYS is \u2018it\u2019s all about the smiles<\/i>\u2019 and this event is a perfect fit with our mission and philosophy here at KEYS. We couldn\u2019t be more excited!\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the most popular programs at KEYS is their \u201cSmile Experience<\/i>\u201d family respite day program where kids battling cancer get to suit up in a drivers suit and take laps on the race track in a quarter midget race car.\u00a0\u00a0Balloons, live music, great food and racing fun make it a very special day for families to get a break from their everyday battle with cancer. The KEYS Program will have their\u00a0Smile Experience<\/i>\u00a0quarter midget on display at the CNY Kids Expo giving kids attending the Expo a chance to sit in the car, get their pictures taken and to \u201cexperience\u201d the KEYS Program first hand.<\/p>\n

Tickets are just $10 for a family pack of four tickets with proceeds of the event going to the KEYS Program and Make-a-Wish of Central New York.\u00a0\u00a0Tickets are available in advance at\u00a0www.cnykidsexpo.com<\/a>. For more information about the event email\u00a0info@cnyshowpromoters.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 315-420-2823<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The KEYS Program\u00a0is excited to announce it has been selected, along with Make-a-Wish of Central New York, as the benefiting charities for this year\u2019s CNY Kids Expo! This educational, interactive event for families with children from toddlers through 12 years old is being held at the NYS Fairgrounds on May 21st\u00a0from 10am till 4pm.\u00a0\u00a0There will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-hCM","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/keys-logo-clean-Dec-2015.png?fit=200%2C145&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}